Building structure



Oct. 24, 1933.

F. M. VENZIE BUILDING STRUCTURE Original Filed July 50, 1930 PatentedGet. 24, 1933 1 ,931,909 PATENT OFFICE BUILDING STRUCTURE Frederick M.Venzie, Philadelphia, Pa.

Original application July 30, 1930, Serial No.

471,718, now Patent No. 1,879,778, dated September 27, 1932. Divided andthis application April 18, 1931. Serial No. 531,078)

4 Claims.

This application is a division of my pending application Serial No.471,718, filed July 30, 1930.

This'invention stated in its broadest terms, relates to a buildingstructureand has more especial 5 relation to a novel form of ceilingconstruction embodying both so-called plaster boards and socalledplaster blocks.

It is one object of the present invention to provide an arrangement ofparts whereby the serv- 3 ices of but one Workman or mechanic isrequired. to suspend the ceiling members. whether of so- .called plasterboards or so-called plaster blocks, operating upon a scaffold erectedbeneath channelirons forming part of the building structure. 5 It is afurther; object of the present invention to provide an arrangement andcombination of parts whereby either plaster boards or plaster blocks maybe removably suspended from plasterers channels instead of suspendingthe same Q from floor members or the loor itself, as is com- -monlypracticed. I I I A further object of the present invention isto Iprovide. an arrangement and combination of parts whereby the suspendedplaster boards or plaster blocks may be readily removed at desiredinter- O channels.

vals for replacement purposes, as for example where it is required for.the inspecting. or laying of pipes, electric wires and the like betweenthe floor of a building and the tops of the plasterers A still furtherobject of the present invention .is to provide a novel form of clip forreadyattachrrlent of a light beam section for retaining a plastererschannel. I

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a novelform of clipfor ready attachment to a plasterers channel for supportingplaster boards in detachable engagement with respect to the plastererschannel.

Astill further object of the present invention is to provide a novelformof clip for coupling together adjacent plaster boards assuspendedfrom a plasterers channel.

Other and further objects of the present invention reside in theprovision of general details (Cl. 72-120) s Fig. 2 is a View inhorizontal section taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a View in vertical cross-section taken upon the line 3 3 ofFig. .1;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective'of one ofthe clips shown in theforegoing figures for suspending plasterers channels from light beamsections;

Fig. 5 is a similar View of a clip for suspending plaster boards from aplasterers-channel; and

Fig. 6 is a similar view of a clip for coupling together adjacentplaster boards as suspended from plasterers channels.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in theaccompanying drawing forms thereof which are at present preferred by me,since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as hereinshown and described.

As at present practiced in the trade, it is customary to suspend plasterboards and plaster blocks direct from what are technically known asfloor members going to makeup the building structure. By this. methodofsuspension of plaster boards and plaster blocks the same are positionedprior to the laying of the floor upon,

the floor members, which is a Very expensive procedure. For example, itfrequently happens that after the plaster boards or plaster blocks arepositionedwith respect to said floor members it becomes necessary totake up and relay at least part of the floor inorder to gain access tothe space betweenthe floor and the plaster boards or plaster blocks forcertain purposes, as, for example, the laying of pipes or the stringingof electrical wires, and this requires the services.

of at least two mechanics or workmen andalso the provision of atemporary scaffold, which cannot be used for any other plastererspurpose.

According to'the present invention I propose the adoption of the methodof suspending fire proofing plaster boards or plaster blocks notdirectly from the floor. members but from plasterers channels, which inturn may be supported by the floor members. or by the floor itself.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral 10designates a floor which may be concrete or other suitable material andis shown as being supported upon conventional technically knownfloor-members 11. According to the present invention I propose erectinga ceiling of either plaster boards .or plaster blocks, below such floor,but instead of supporting said plaster boards or.plaster blocks from theconventional floor members 11, as is commonly practiced, I proposesuspending my plasterboards or 14 of the clips.

arranged at right angles with in accordance with the invention. -workmanupon a scaffold arranged beneath the a plaster blocks from plastererschannels in a manner to presently appear. At any desired height belowthe floor 1, I may therefore arrange plasterers channels 12. Theseplasterers channels 12 are supported from the lower portions of thefloor members 11 by means of clips best seen in Fig. 4. Each of theseclips comprises a substantially U-shaped member of heavy bent to providea pair of parallel, vertically extended arms 13 connected at their lowerportions by a loop The upper ends of the arms 13 are each benthorizontally to form upper loops 15 and lower fingers 16. These fingers16 are sufiiciently long to permit the f 'ee ends thereof to be bentover the lower flanges of the fioor members llr The upper loops 15 andlower fingers 16 provide a clamping portion which may be forced over thelower flange of the fioor members 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Theloops 15 and fingers 16, being of wire, can be readily forced over thefiange of a floor member to firmly secure a clip to place without theemployment of other fastening mediums. These clips are attached uponopposite sides of a floor member 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, so thata'plasterers channel 12 maybe inserted between the arms 13 of the clipsso as to be supported upon the loops in the connection it will beunderstood that the plasterers channels 12 are respect to the floormembers 11. From the plasterers channel 12 Isupport the plaster boards17 and for this purpose I employ the novel form of clip best seen inFig. 5. Each clip comprises a one piece metal construction, preferablystamped, and consists of a generally inverted U shaped member thevertical arms 18 of which are connected at their upper portions by meansof a cross bar 19 so that when the clip'is placed over a plastererschannel 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, the cross bar 19 rests upon thetop of the'plasterers channel. The lower ends of the arms 18 are bentoutwardly: at right angles to the arms 18 to provide fingers 2D, and thelower portions or" said arms l8 -are also bent outwardly in parallelismwith the fingers 20 to provide a pair of lower fingers 21 which are,however, extended in a direction opposite to the fingers 20. Arranged atright angles with respect to the arms 18 of the clip are upper fingers22. The fingers 22 and 21 engage one end of a plaster board 1'7, saidplaster board also resting upon a finger 21. Another plasterboard 17rests upon the fingers 21 and be neath the finger 22. Thisarrangementol' parts is best seen in Fig. 2. With the plaster board 17thusarr'anged, adjacent plast'erboards may be coupled together by meansof a clip, best seen in Fig. 6. Each clip comprises a one piece metalstructure having a vertically disposed plate 23 having. bent outwardlytherefrom a pair of fingers'Z i extended at right angles with respect tothe plate 23. The plate 23 also has bent out therefrom in the same planewith the fingers 24 other fingers '25 which are substantially U-shapedconsidered in plan. The fingers 24 and floor members 11 takes the clipsshown in Fig.4

1'01" the drawing and causes the parts 15 and 16 The single thereof toengage over the flanges of the respective floor members 11 and thenpasses through the said clips the plasterers channels 12. He thereaftersuspends from theiplasterers channels the clips shown in Fig. 5, andthen causes the ends of the plaster boards 11 to engage with the variousdescribed fingers of the clip shown in Fig. -5. =At thesame time theclips shown in Fig. 6 are applied with respect to the plaster boards 17.This positioning of the plaster boards may be readily accomplished in afew moments timeand it is to be noted that should it be desired for anyreason to disconnect a plaster board from the above described clips, thesame can be readily done, thereby to gain access to the space below thefloor slabs 10. f

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific formswithout departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and ltherefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respectsas illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appendedclaims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope ofthe invention.

What is claimed is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a substantially U-shaped clip forbuilding construction formed from a single piece of wire, said cliphaving vertically disposed parallel arms connected at their bottoms by across-piece arranged at right angles to said arms, said crosspiece beingadapted to support a plasterers channel, said arms terminating at theirtops in horizontally arranged pairs of sinuous U-shaped fingers forfrictionally engaging over the lower flange of a floor beam, each ofsaid fingers terminating in an elongated portion arranged in a planebelow said fingers for engaging beneath the lower flange of a floorbeam.

2. A clip for building construction formed from a single piece of wireshaped as a U in a vertical plane, with a U at the ends of each straightside, each located in a single horizontal plane and turning outwardlyfrom the first U and an L' being in a vertical plane at right angles tothe plane of the first U at the outer end or" each of the secondmentioned Us, the length of the short bar of the L being substantiallyequal to the thickness or" the fiange of an I-beam upon which it is tobe'mounted and the depth of the first mentioned U being greater than thedepth of the each located in a single horizontal plane and turningoutwardly from the first U, and an L being in a vertical plane at rightangles to the plane of the first U, at the outer end of each of thesecond mentioned Us; all portions of the clip beingout of frictionalcontact with any other portion thereof. a

a. A clip for building construction formed from a single piece of wireshaped as a U in a vertical plane, with a U at the ends of each straightside, each located in a single horizontal plane and turning outwardlyfrom the first U, and an L the second mentioned Us, the first mentionedU being so sized that the member to be carriedthere- I positioned'upo'nits support. 1

FREDERICK M. VENZIE.

being in a vertical plane at right angles to the planeof the first 'U'atthe outerend of eachof-'

